Alan MacLeod

While giving the protests in Cuba a great deal of coverage, the corporate press across the political spectrum consistently downplayed one of the primary causes of unrest: the increasingly punitive U.S. blockade.

"They know they can get away with it because the mainstream media refuses to report it."

The next time you hear your favorite political proposals being labeled as too "divisive," "contentious," or "polarizing" to work, check the polls first.

Financial media were all too happy to see a far-right authoritarian gain power, as long as he implemented pro-rich policies. 

The point of deficit hawkery is to scold and scare readers into accepting cuts to welfare and public services that are of no use to the wealthy, while they curiously have little problem with Republicans running deficits to suit their wealthy constituents.

Silicon Valley corporations are far from neutral moral arbiters, and have a history of abusing their power. Trump was and remains a menace, but we further empower these corporate giants at our peril.

“How to pay for it” is the question they perennially ask when the prospect of helping ordinary people is raised.

Behind the media and money blitz, the kingdom remains one of the world's worst human rights violators—both at home and abroad.